tips on a program for linux (non draftsight)

[p3ppi]

Hello everyone,
I am looking for a valid design program for mechanical design.
mainly in the field of sheet and carpentry processing. I need sharing with dwg, or anyway a format that poses to be shared with everyone.
With regard to sheet metal, it would be appreciated the possibility of obtaining developments as on solidworks, in order to be able to draw profiles from plasma size. and for the carpentry a minimum of predisposition. for example the minimum controls to connect inclined tubulars, thread inserts etc...
I need to be able to design simple mechanical parts, such as flange compasses or press moulds.

I currently use solidworks, which seems to me a software more than excellent.
we used draftsight, but at the moment it has too many problems on linux. (sometimes even on windows) and above all is too little.
solidworks I only use it in the office but I am not a magician, I would like to introduce a more professional and precise design of carpenters.
I can build a staircase today, tomorrow a mezzanine for architecture and packaging machines and plants for the handling of plates tomorrow. being very varied production, I would need to start already with a safe software.

I tried varicad, but it seemed a little too difficult, or maybe just for a little antiquated graphics.

solutions like bricad, freecad... They're gone.

in plasma cutting software I can import the following formats: .tag .dxf .dwg .dff .pnt .eps. plt.igs

that software is in Italian or in English is not a big problem

Thank you in advance,
greetings
p3

 

[p3ppi]

p.s. not succeeding to change the first post I write it here,
I also looked at jellyfish and I think it might be a good compromise, but I look forward to more experienced opinions

 

[Fulvio Romano]

Forget it.
better a windows virtual machine under linux.

I have been looking for it for years, under linux there is nothing professionally acceptable.

 

[gil]

Unfortunately, lightning took my mouth off.

 

[p3ppi]

Okay, but I'm a little stubborn and maybe that's why I just want to use linux.
I tried varicad, only the demo and I have to say that it seems a good compromise, although I did not experience it all the way.
In addition, the price seems more than acceptable.
Now I ask you to shoot zero on varicad, at least I find the weakest points.

p.s. both with varicad and with solidedge I tried to draw a twisted square ring. and the only one who allowed me to do so was freecad, although I do not consider it a valid operation for its complexity. Moreover freecad is free of predispositions to the processing of the sheet. Besides, it's something that doesn't really need anything.

Thank you!

 

[Fulvio Romano]

for completeness try to see also:
- blender (which is a great program if your core business is video games)
- google sketchup (that...no come on, this does not comment).

I can't help you on varicad

 

[p3ppi]

I have already tried blender, and I must say that I think it phenomenal for design 3d, but not in the field of mechanics.
sketchup I'm looking, also because looking at yuotube seems a good compromise, but I haven't yet rated it in full for my industry. I took a look and saw that you can also install on ubuntu, not having read yet presumed with wine.

 

[cacciatorino]

Okay, but I'm a little stubborn and maybe that's why I just want to use linux.
I tried varicad, only the demo and I have to say that it seems a good compromise, although I did not experience it all the way.
In addition, the price seems more than acceptable.
Now I ask you to shoot zero on varicad, at least I find the weakest points.

the only professional cads I know running on linux are varicad and ug-nx.

varicad tried it many years ago and seemed to me a copy of me30, i.e. an explicit cad without constraints together. The biggest difficulty I found was that the system saved the assemblies in one file without creating a file for each part. This made it very difficult, as in me30/cocreate, to reuse the same codes on different assemblies if you did not have a pdm: there was an export-import procedure but it seemed too complex for everyday use. for the rest instead (module 2d, separate management, mechanical libraries) seemed well done. I have to say that I didn't draw any real cars, so the impressions I had are definitely limited and partial.

said this, I find quite questionable to choose the application to use based on the operating system to use: It is much better to do the opposite, especially now that windows has reached really excellent operating levels.

 

[gil]

to want us to try I suggest freecad, conceptually it is similar to solidworks, inventor. is free to find it in the repositories.
However it is like comparing a late '800 car with the current flagship model of lamborghini. It's always a 4-wheeled blast engine, driven by steering wheel, pedals and levers. but there is a sea in the middle.

As hunter also says nx turns on linux, but the license costs a bang.

 

[p3ppi]

freecad I tried it and I must admit that it is the only one who allowed me to do this even if I could not do it again:
http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5264&p=41840&hilit=p3ppi#p41840But I must admit that it is very backward as a methodical, it seems to me an autocad 2005 3d, very limited, slow and unprepared for a design in a specific field like, it is solidworks for mechanics and carpentry.

I tried to ask for nx, but they answered me that for what I have to do, it is exaggerated, and they didn't even tell me the price. recommending to opt for a cheaper option like solidedge.

Now my colleagues have chosen to opt for extracad, a solution they think fit for them, even if it seems a bit retrograde, but happy them all. I installed it with wine and it seems to work properly. the cost of the license is about 100€ on 3 pcs

 

[gil]

the cost of a nx license I think it is comfortably over 10'000 euros.
is a bit different from 100 euros x 3 licenses.
It's like comparing a ferrari to the skateboard.